Let's subvert the status pyramid
Myth: People at the top of any given company or power structure deserve to be there because they are somehow smarter and better than everyone else.
As we began Socialroots, deep in research, design, and development, we knew we wanted to develop a useful body of knowledge addressing the problems tech can not. We believe that - with the exception of system structures - our team dynamics play a huge role in how happy we are. Humans, power, rhythms, and more, the featured post of this section covers many of the topics we care about and try to practice on our own team.
Myth: People at the top of any given company or power structure deserve to be there because they are somehow smarter and better than everyone else.
Are you making efforts to towards effective community engagement? Do you invite everyone, offer many roads for many interests? Do you count email subscribers, social media followers, or other metrics? Do you need to know what is most important to your community? If so, these thoughts are for you.
Collaborative communication matters in personal relationships, when communicating with groups of people and when working across groups. But what can we pay attention to that ensures communication is both effective and inviting?
The standard playbook for developing high-performing teams doesn't work, and teams that perform well in complex contexts already know this. They don’t obsess over how to be productive or efficient. Instead, they focus on something far more important: team health.